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Friday, May 26, 2017

A SALUTE TO MY FRIEND: SCOTT THOMPSON

For the most of my readers, this post will carry little meaning. Nonetheless, I wish to give honor to a Tulsa man who has blessed my work...and my heart. Scott Thompson's final appearance on Channel 6's Ten O'clock News last night was an emotional finality capping his twenty-eight years at the anchoring helm.

The man has thousands of fans. His heart is gigantic for family and community. Being a first-class man, he does a first-class kind of work. Our connection would be our love for the St. Louis Cardinals.

It was Scott's news savvy that drew him to one of my jaunts to Arizona where the Cardinals and Cubs held a week-long Legends Camp. With a Tulsa camera man at the scene as well, Scott followed the camp's daily routine with the eagerness of a ten year old; just as I did. When the Cardinals gave away 20,000 copies of my book, Voice of Silver, Heart of Gold in 2003, it was Scott Thompson and his film crew from Channel 6 doing the story from Busch Stadium.

Scott, you are many things to many of your fans in the Tulsa surroundings. The trait I see strongly in you is your ability to connect to we common ones while being so well-known. Good job, my friend!!

Terry Rush

My World

We all get lost in our workaholism, people pleasing, and numbing behaviors as we try to escape the pain of life and the messiness of loving others. But some of us appear more whole than others, and that may be the greatest danger of all. It results in the last addiction: we rely on ourselves to heal ourselves, and so we miss the healing path.

Sharon Hersh...The Last Addiction

I miss being in the company of risky and complex thinkers, people who are invested in our culture and who challenge me to think to the edges of my comfort zones. I believed then and I believe now that where everybody thinks the same nobody thinks very much.Rosaria Butterfield...The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert